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Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida was a refugee from the 1959 Cuban revolution and a leading congressional voice for reform of the Cuban government. He got his start in politics as a Democrat, but by the time he ran for Congress, he had switched his party allegiance to the Republicans, as the GOP elephant on this button makes clear.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Lincoln Diaz-Balart Lapel Pin,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2010/2010-053-003/ (April 20, 2021)
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